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2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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Saquon BarkleyRB · PHI
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James Cook IIIRB · BUF
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Saquon Barkley
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Saquon Barkley

RBpos#26jersey29age6'0"height233lbs9seasons

Penn State · 2018 draft, round 1, pick 2

VS0of 8 shown metrics led8
James Cook III
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James Cook III

RBpos#4jersey27age5'11"height190lbs5seasons

Georgia · 2022 draft, round 2, pick 63

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Cook III leads in 8 and Barkley leads in 0. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

BarkleyCook III

Percentile chips: vs 92 RBs who played half the games, 2026 season

38.9%58thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played64.8%86th

Rushing

BarkleyCook III

Percentile chips: vs 54 RBs who have 4.5+ carries a week, 2026 season

6942ndCarries · official rush attempts16994th
29640thRush yards81492nd
4.366thYards per carry4.881st
359thRush TD890th
-0.05160thEPA per designed run+0.02282nd

Receiving

BarkleyCook III
11Targets18
41Receiving yards110
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Usage

7Games with stats8
8065thPlays with EPA18793rd
-5.343rdTotal EPA+6.989th

Rushing

6942ndDesigned runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out16994th
34.8%32ndSuccess rate46.2%90th
636th10+ yard runs2496th

Receiving

7Receptions12
0Receiving TD0
63.6%Catch rate66.7%
5.4%Target share · of team targets in his games8.0%
1.2%Air yards share-0.3%
-0.157EPA per target+0.173
4.6YAC per catch9.5
1.7aDOT-0.3

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Saquon BarkleyJames Cook III
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Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

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top passers · most targeted
Brock Purdy vs Trevor LawrenceJoe Burrow vs Josh AllenJared Goff vs Caleb WilliamsC.J. Stroud vs Jordan LoveCeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-NjigbaMatthew Golden vs Puka NacuaMichael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. BrownChris Olave vs Malik Nabers

Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.